Bullae from the Shara Temple

With contributions by Hamza Shahad Al-Harbi and Adelheid Otto ISBN: 9783447111591 (hb) edited by Nawala Ahmed Al-Mutawilli, Ismael and Walther Sallaberger PRICE: $92.00 (hb) DESCRIPTION: This is the first volume to appear in a series dedicated to the publication of the cuneiform texts from PUBLICATION DATE: the Iraqi Excavations at Umma (Jokha) that were conducted in the years 1999-2002 by the State 10 April 2019 (hb) Board of Antiquities and Heritage. The expedition was successful in uncovering the temple of the city-god Shara, built by king Shu-Suen of the Third Dynasty of Ur (2035-2027 BCE). About 130 years BINDING: later, in the early years of king Sumuel of Larsa (1894-1866 BCE) the temple was still in use, as Hardback documented by the more than one hundred bullae discovered in a small room near the main entrance. The cuneiform documents written in Sumerian allow detailed insights in the functioning of PAGES: the main temple of a Mesopotamian town. Every month the priests received large amounts of grain 208 for offerings, for the temple's personnel or as fodder for its oxen, donkeys, horses, and sheep. The texts provide important new data for the history of lowland Mesopotamia in the Early Old Babylonian PUBLISHER: period. The cuneiform texts are published in transliteration, English and Arabic translation, with Harrassowitz Verlag introduction, indexes, glossary, and photographs. The book also includes an archaeological chapter on the temple of Shara by N. A. Al-Mutawalli and H. S. Al-Harbi and a study of the seal images by A. IMPRINT: Otto. Harrassowitz Verlag

SERIES: Cuneiform Texts from the Iraqi Excavations at Umma (Jokha)

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